About This Role
This leadership role guides the Louisville Youth Choir's artistic and operational direction, offering a talented choral conductor and music educator the chance to build relationships, grow programs, and foster the arts. The director will lead rehearsals, plan concert seasons, manage budgets, and engage with the community while driving the organization's mission forward.
Responsibilities
- Set artistic direction, plan seasons and age-appropriate repertoire, conduct designated ensembles, and support the musical and personal growth of young singers
- Oversee day-to-day administration, calendars, auditions, performances, staff, contractors, systems, records, and program logistics
- Retain and recruit singers, build relationships with schools and music educators, and strengthen LYC's visibility throughout the Louisville region
- Build and manage the budget with the Board; prepare and manage grants; support donors, fundraising, and sustainable revenue
- Communicate clearly with families and the Board while cultivating trusted relationships across the arts, education, nonprofit, and civic communities
- Work with the Board to establish priorities, improve systems, and shape LYC's next chapter
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in music, music education, conducting, or a closely related field
- Demonstrated success in choral conducting and music education, with substantial experience working with children and adolescents across stages of vocal development
- Strong knowledge of choral repertoire, age-appropriate programming, diction, culturally informed practice, and vocal development
- Ability to conduct and lead singers effectively, plus piano proficiency for score preparation and open-score reading
- Excellent organization, prioritization, project-management, and communication skills
- Ability to build and manage a budget and demonstrated capacity to prepare or manage grants
- Ability to work independently, shift between artistic and executive responsibilities, and build trusted relationships with varied stakeholders
- Commitment to inclusive, accessible, mission-driven, and student-centered music education
Nice to have:
- Master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent advanced experience
- Experience with nonprofit operations, budgeting, staff supervision, grant writing, fundraising, donor relations, enrollment growth, or Board partnership
- Established Louisville or Kentucky arts and education relationships, or a demonstrated ability to build comparable networks quickly
- Experience with digital communications and common nonprofit tools such as WordPress, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, QuickBooks Online, Canva, and donor or ticketing platforms